Best programming and hacker quotes. Ever.
Curated by fellow hackers Jarmo Pertman & Andri Möll
Writing in C or C++ is like running a chain saw with all the safety guards removed.
Bob Gray
Purely applicative languages are poorly applicable.
Alan J. Perlis
The only "intuitive" interface is the nipple. After that it's all learned.
Bruce Ediger
Elegance is not optional.
Richard A. O'Keefe (from The Craft of Prolog)
Shipping is a feature.
Richard Campbell
In order to understand recursion, one must first understand recursion.
Anonymous
Editing is a rewording activity.
Alan J. Perlis
It takes an intelligent person to build something complex; it takes a genius to build something simple.
Anonymous
Yes, sometimes Perl looks like line noise to the uninitiated, but to the seasoned Perl programmer, it looks like checksummed line noise with a mission in life.
Randal Schwartz
C is quirky, flawed and an enormous success.
Dennis Ritchie